Category: National Inventors Hall of Fame
Categories: United States, Inventors | Hall of Fame Inductees | Science and Technology Honors and Medals
The mission of the National Inventors Hall of Fame® (NIHF) is to recognize inventors and invention, promote creativity and advance the spirit of innovation and entrepreneurship.
See: National Inventors Hall of Fame web site.
Person Profiles (32)
A
George Antheil
08 Jul 1900 Trenton, Mercer Co, New Jersey, USA - 12 Feb 1959
B
Walter Brattain
10 Feb 1902 Amoy, China - 13 Oct 1987
Rachel Brown
23 Nov 1898 Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States - 14 Jan 1980
C
George Carruthers
01 Oct 1939 Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States - 26 Dec 2020
George Carver
abt 12 Jul 1864 Diamond, Newton, Missouri, United States - 05 Jan 1943
Wallace Coulter
17 Feb 1913 Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, United States - 07 Aug 1998
E
John Eckert
09 Apr 1919 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA - 03 Jun 1995
Gertrude Elion
23 Jan 1918 New York City, New York, United States - 21 Feb 1999
F
Alfred Free
11 Apr 1913 Bainbridge, Ross, Ohio, United States - 15 May 2000
G
Josephine (Garis) Cochran
08 Mar 1839 Ashtabula, Ohio, United States - 03 Aug 1913
Robert Goddard
05 Oct 1882 Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States - 10 Aug 1945
H
Beulah Henry
28 Sep 1887 North Carolina, United States - 26 Feb 1973
Beatrice Hicks
02 Jan 1919 Orange, Essex, New Jersey, United States - 21 Oct 1979
Nick Holonyak
03 Nov 1928 Zeigler, Franklin, Illinois, United States - 16 Sep 2022
Elias Howe
09 Jul 1819 Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA - 03 Oct 1867
John Hyatt
28 Nov 1837 Starkey, New York, USA - 10 May 1920
I
Frederic Ives
17 Feb 1856 Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States - 27 May 1937
K
Hedwig (Kiesler) Lamarr
09 Nov 1914 Wien, Österreich-Ungarn - 19 Jan 2000
Willem Johan Kolff
14 Feb 1911 Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland - 11 Feb 2009
Stephanie Kwolek
31 Jul 1923 New Kensington, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States - 18 Jun 2014
M
Theodore Maiman
11 Jul 1927 Los Angeles, California, USA - 05 May 2007
Kary Mullis
28 Dec 1944 Lenoir, Caldwell, North Carolina, United States - 07 Aug 2019
M cont.
Helen (Murray) Free
20 Feb 1923 Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States - 01 May 2021
P
Mary Pennington
08 Oct 1872 Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States - 27 Dec 1952
R
Jacob Rabinow
08 Jan 1910 Kharkiv, Ukraine - 11 Sep 1999
Harriet (Russell) Strong
23 Jul 1843 Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States - 06 Sep 1926
S
Claude Shannon
30 Apr 1916 Petoskey, Michigan, United States - 24 Feb 2001
Marjorie (Stewart) Joyner
12 Aug 1896 Monterey, Highland, Virginia, United States - 27 Dec 1994
Otto Sundbäck
24 Apr 1880 Sonarp, Ödestugu (F), Sverige - 21 Jun 1954
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Mária Telkes
12 Dec 1900 Budapest, Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun, Magyarország - 02 Dec 1995
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